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The Go Masters

Original title: Mikan no taikyoku
  • 19821982
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
184
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The Go Masters (1982)
  • Drama
Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess).... Read allTen years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon becomes evident that the Chinese master's son is the most talented player that th... Read allTen years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon becomes evident that the Chinese master's son is the most talented player that the Japanese master has ever encountered, and he convinces the boy's father to let him bring... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
184
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  • Directors
    • Ji-shun Duan
    • Jun'ya Satô
    • Shu'an Liu
  • Writers
    • Tang-tong Ge
    • Fumio Kônami
    • Hong-zhou Li
  • Stars
    • Rentarô Mikuni
    • Misako Konno
    • Nobuko Otowa
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  • Directors
    • Ji-shun Duan
    • Jun'ya Satô
    • Shu'an Liu
  • Writers
    • Tang-tong Ge
    • Fumio Kônami
    • Hong-zhou Li
  • Stars
    • Rentarô Mikuni
    • Misako Konno
    • Nobuko Otowa
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    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 2 nominations

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    Rentarô Mikuni
    Rentarô Mikuni
    • Rinsaku Matsunamias Rinsaku Matsunami
    Misako Konno
    • Tomoeas Tomoe
    Nobuko Otowa
    Nobuko Otowa
    Hideji Ôtaki
    Yoshiko Mita
    Yoshiko Mita
    Tsukasa Itô
    Jun'ichi Ishida
      Peng Du
      • Guan Xiaochuanas Guan Xiaochuan
      Zongying Huang
      • Kuang Yuanzhias Kuang Yuanzhi
      Danping Shen
      Danping Shen
      • Xiong Ahuias Xiong Ahui
      Guanchu Shen
      • Kuang Amingas Kuang Aming
      Daolin Sun
      • Kuang Yishanas Kuang Yishan
      Shaokang Yu
      • Dr. Zhangas Dr. Zhang
      Lei Zhang
      • Xiao Ahuias Xiao Ahui
      Keiko Matsuzaka
        • Directors
          • Ji-shun Duan
          • Jun'ya Satô
          • Shu'an Liu
        • Writers
          • Tang-tong Ge
          • Fumio Kônami
          • Hong-zhou Li
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        Tokenless
        There is a way to do this right. You can see it in "Hero," where the film is alternately a game of Go, a collection of ordered drops of rain, and many, many other things. That film mattered.

        This one may be said to be important because it was a collaboration between Japanese and Chinese (which means the Red Army) concerns and it deals honestly with outrageous Japanese thuggery. And the production is expensive at least, with lots of people and accurate, detailed sets. But as with many collaborations, the artistic vision got watered down. Like hundreds, perhaps even thousands, it traces human emotions both caused and effected in societal conflict.

        There is nothing new here, nothing effective. The fact that our chief males either are experts at this marvelous game or admirers of the art of playing matters little. It could have substituted a calligrapher, poet or swordsman. There's nothing at all of the surrounding and capture, the shifts and pulls of the game. One can see that the story was originally envisioned to be folded in this way, and perhaps the source material was. But as with so many others, it got lost on the way to the pier.

        I found the performances stilted, even by Japanese standards. As they dominate this thing philosophically, that is the metric we should use I suppose.

        Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
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        10
        • tedg
        • Nov 16, 2008

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        • Release date
          • April 20, 1984 (United States)
        • Countries of origin
          • Japan
          • China
        • Languages
          • Japanese
          • Mandarin
        • Also known as
          • 未完の対局
        • Production companies
          • Beijing Film Studio
          • China Film Co-Production Corporation
          • Daiei Studios
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          2 hours 3 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono

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